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Peter Elbow Quotes: Producing writing is not so much like filling a basin or pool once, but rather getting water to keep flowing through till finally it runs clear.
         

Producing writing is not so much like filling a basin or pool once, but rather getting water to keep flowing through till finally it runs clear.


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It's an unnecessary burden to try to think of words and also worry at the same time whether they're the right words.

It's an unnecessary burden to try to think of words and also worry at the same time whether they're the right words.



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Meaning is not what you start with, but what you end up with.



It is the moment when what was chaos is now seen as having a center of gravity. There is a shape where a moment ago there was none.

It is the moment when what was chaos is now seen as having a center of gravity. There is a shape where a moment ago there was none.



Everyone agrees in theory that we can't judge a new idea or point of view unless we enter into it and try it out, but the practice itself is rare.

Everyone agrees in theory that we can't judge a new idea or point of view unless we enter into it and try it out, but the practice itself is rare.



Certainty is rarely if ever possible and we increase the likelihood of getting things wrong if we succumb to the hunger for it.

Certainty is rarely if ever possible and we increase the likelihood of getting things wrong if we succumb to the hunger for it.



The question for writing then is this: how long are you willing to be unheard?

The question for writing then is this: how long are you willing to be unheard?





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